Alexis L. Squire is a proven tri-sector executive with over 15+ years of experience in advancing local and national social impact efforts through grantmaking, public-private partnerships, fund development, strategic communications, and civic and community engagement. Her ability to harness promising collaborations and people-centered commitments position her to create sustainable solutions for some of the greatest cross-sector social and business challenges, including ensuring accessible pathways for traditionally underinvested and underrepresented communities.

Alexis currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff for DC Fire and EMS, where she provides administration and coordination of strategic engagement and impact efforts, including external relations, issues and matters related to policy and legislative review, policy development and implementation, and fostering meaningful collaborations across local and federal government, the business community, and community-serving organizations to advance the Department’s agenda, including strategic communications and community relations. She also develops and implements strategic priorities and initiatives, designed to improve the health and safety among members and the greater community and provides leadership in diversity and equity to aptly inform executive decision making, equitable service offerings, and thriving outcomes.

Alexis is a trusted advisor and philanthropic thought-leader and served as the District’s Chief Service Officer and Director of The Mayor's Office on Volunteerism and Partnerships in Washington DC. In this cabinet appointed role, she served at the helm of the District’s Commission on National and Community Service, awarding nearly 8 million in federal AmeriCorps and private grant funding to area nonprofits in support of key focus areas such as education, environmental sustainability, and civic engagement. In response to the global pandemic, Alexis and her team developed and launched a virtual platform to safely organize and deploy over seven thousand local volunteers, providing access to essential services such as food delivery, vaccines and testing kits, and other critical resources. Additionally, Alexis successfully leveraged the power of multi-sector partnerships in support of regional priorities and designed citywide efforts around environmental sustainability, gun violence prevention, and community readiness and resiliency as a means of addressing emerging social challenges and trends.

Before her time in public service, for over a decade, Alexis designed catalytic fund-development and engagement efforts such as the Ice Bucket Challenge, Executive Sleep Out, various giving campaigns, strategic communications, and community and volunteer efforts at leading local and national nonprofits with missions centered around access and equity in health, housing, and workforce development.

Alexis is graduate of the University of Maryland and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Executive Leadership in Philanthropy program. Alexis also serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Philanthropy DMV, formally Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers (WRAG), a regional philanthropic membership organization that advances social justice.

Alexis is a third generation Washingtonian and the daughter of two retired DC Public School educators. She resides in her Ward 7 community with her husband and two charming sons, Alexander (6) and Levi (4).